Sentences with phrase «on state tests»

Now he's reportedly set to give up — abandoning the effort to use student scores on state tests to help judge teacher performance.

According to the briefing, the evaluation system will have two components: observations and student performance on state tests.

To calculate the results, the department compared average proficiency rates on state tests in the 2011 - 12 school year to earlier scores.

How might we focus on more than scoring well on state tests and college entrance exams, helping students build habits and skills they need to achieve personal success throughout their lives?

Students from all five boroughs take the high - school test, qualifying based on state test scores, with around 170 ultimately accepted.

We followed this question with another asking whether teachers should demonstrate that their students are making adequate progress on state tests in order to receive tenure.

This formula intended to track how a student was expected to perform and how the student did perform on the state tests, and how a teacher contributed to the result.

The fact that only about one third of students are proficient on state tests in math and language arts was «simply unacceptable,» the letter said.

These data are highly correlated with the final student results on the state tests.

Students scoring at or above grade level on state tests doubled from 31 percent in 2004 to 62 percent in 2014.

Yet weighting schemes that put the most emphasis on teacher observations were the least predictive of gains on the state test scores, it says.

It is also possible that is only (or primarily) the current grade's textbook that matters for student achievement on state tests.

It makes student growth on state tests count for 20 percent of a teacher's evaluation.

FAST Reports are instantly available to evaluate student performance against local norms, mastery criterion, and predictions of risk to meet proficiency standards on state tests.

These investments are already paying off with students across the board showing progress in math and reading on state tests, but we know there is more work to do.

Do opt - outs tend to be concentrated among relatively affluent districts, or are they most common in schools that have historically performed poorly on state tests?

Since inception, two of these schools have scored above 80 percent on state tests in all subject areas.

He pointed to how those districts have seen gains the past few years on state test scores and high school graduation rates.

Specifically, the percentage of students reaching their goal on the state tests increased from half (55 %) to two - thirds (68 %) after the program was initiated.

Students engaged in game experiences and weekly tutoring sessions over a four year period were 82 % more likely to score in the proficient category on state tests compared to their peers.

But as teachers and students adapted to the new standards, scores on the state tests rose.

That case compared value - added on the state test, which was administered in the spring, to value - added on a test administered by the district the following fall.

For some reason, that year, their average on the state test was 15 % lower than previous years.

The gap in basic proficiency on state tests between participating private schools and public schools statewide, for example, has closed from 27 percentage points in 2013 to 18 points in 2015.

Schools are expected to make annual improvements of 3 percent on state tests over the next 15 years, using the gap between current figures and 100 percent.

Students from all grades work in teams to answer questions like those that appear on state tests.

Fair funding for public education and a moratorium on state tests.

Students of teachers that do take this kind of time have better outcomes on state tests than students of teachers who only stick to the text.

Because they rely on state tests that are administered for the first time in the 3rd grade, almost all the students included entered charter schools in 5th grade or later.

Students will no longer have time limits on state tests this spring.

Recent evidence suggests that the teachers with larger student - achievement gains on state tests also seem to have students with greater long - term career success.

Key findings include that dual - credit participants are more likely to be female, white, score highly on state tests and not be eligible for free or reduced - price lunch.

Students who eat those healthy meals perform better overall on state tests.

She searched for schools that exceeded on state tests what was expected on the basis of their social composition.

So many of the language arts skills and some math skills that are assessed on the state tests are quite easy to address and practice in social studies, though.

Just because these skills are hard to measure and are not captured directly on any state test need not imply that effective teachers are ignoring them.

Any state could implement a transition matrix without external support, and the calculations could be implemented on any state test.

These words may be found on state tests or common core assessments.

In some cases, students who are performing well or above the proficient level in class fall short on the state tests, for whatever reason.

Thus, this item would be deemed to exceed the content limits of the standards and would be excluded from inclusion on the state tests.

The genre chosen for each grade matched the tested genre on the state test.

Girls have made gains in math and are now achieving at roughly the same level as boys on state tests.

The language can be confusing and much more than they might see on state testing.

We knew the assessment practices were good for student learning, but how would their progress reflect on the state tests of accountability?

The standards, after all, determine state tests, and performance on state tests plays a large role in whether schools are deemed failing.

Every racial and ethnic group is doing slightly better than four years ago on the state test.